| A | B |
|---|
| Abyssinia | formerly Ethiopia |
| argumentation | reasoning that proceeds methodically from a statement to a conclusion |
| Bactrian Camel | a two-humped camel. Native to: Gobi Desert |
| Buddhism | a world religion or philosophy based on the teaching of the Buddha; believing of enlightenment can be attained by suppressing worldly desires |
| chasm | a deep crack or hole in the ground |
| contiguous | sharing a boundary or touching each other physically |
| domesticate | train an animal to living with or near people |
| fragment | an incomplete or isolated piece of something |
| nomad | a member of a people who move seasonally from place to place to search for food and water or pasture for their livestock |
| opium | a drug; brownish gummy extract from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy that contains several highly addictive substances |
| Romantic | relating to a movement in late 18th- and early 19th-century music, literature, and art (free expression of feelings, nature, and interest in other cultures) |
| sinuous | lithe and graceful, especially making graceful winding or curving movements |
| steppe | an extensive, usually treeless plain, often dry and grass-covered |
| turmoil | great confusion, commotion, or disturbance |
| Xanadu | a beautiful idyllic place |
